Injustice Images: Towards a Typology

Veranstaltungsort: Z.1.09

Injustice images are photographs or video, which depict situations of injustice, usually in the form of violent encounters between authorities and citizens. Some of the most conspicuous examples from recent years are the deaths of Eric Garner and George Floyd. The category is, however, much broader and thus in need of further definition. In this presentation, I present a typology of injustice images. I argue that such a typology has implications for the way we can theorize these images, as well as for how we approach them from a methodological point of view.